Section: CTV (Canada)
Trump seethes over impeachment inquiry and slams critics
President Donald Trump is seething over an impeachment inquiry into his conduct after Democrats subpoenaed the White House about contacts with Ukraine and he signalled his administration would not co-operate. …read more Source:: CTV...
GOP Sen. Johnson says Trump blocked Ukraine aid
A Republican senator said Friday he learned from a U.S. ambassador that President Donald Trump was tying military aid for Ukraine to an investigation of the 2016 election. But when the senator asked Trump if he could assure the Ukraine leadership the money would be coming, the president blocked him from carrying that message. …read more...
Diplomats pushed Ukraine to investigate, dangled Trump visit
A cache of text messages has revealed that top U.S. diplomats encouraged Ukraine’s newly elected president to conduct an investigation linked to Joe Biden’s family in return for a potentially high-profile visit to Washington with President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: CTV...
Pompeo accuses Democrats of bullying in impeachment probe
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday declared that House Democrats are trying to “intimidate, bully and treat improperly” five current and former career officials in seeking information in the Ukraine investigation. …read more Source:: CTV...
Biden’s dilemma: Navigating Trump’s no-holds-barred style
Since a whistleblower report last week revealed that U.S. President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian officials to investigate Biden, the former vice-president has struck an aggressive tone. …read more Source:: CTV...
Trump says he wants to meet whistleblower: ‘I deserve to meet my accuser’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated his rebuke of the anonymous whistleblower at the center of the mounting Ukraine controversy after House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry against him, asserting that he deserves to “meet my accuser.” …read more Source:: CTV...
Attorney general or personal lawyer? Trump blurs the lines with William Barr
As Washington plunges into impeachment, Attorney General William Barr finds himself engulfed in the political firestorm, facing questions about his role in U.S. President Donald Trump’s outreach to Ukraine. …read more Source:: CTV...
For Ukraine help, Giuliani turned to unlikely Florida fixers
When U.S. President Donald Trump wanted Ukrainian authorities to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani turned to a pair of Soviet-born business partners from Florida who made more than a half-million dollars in political donations to Republicans while facing lawsuits from disgruntled investors over unpaid debts. …read...
Pelosi concerned about Trump’s whistleblower ‘spy’ comments
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi voiced concern Friday over President Donald Trump’s comments that suggested retaliation against people who helped an intelligence whistleblower whose complaint about Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s leader is at the centre of the House impeachment probe. …read more Source:: CTV...
Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly pushed Ukraine’s president to “look into” Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript of a summer phone call that is now at the centre of Democrats’ impeachment probe into Trump. …read more Source:: CTV...
